1999–2000 Ranji Trophy Explained

1999–2000 Ranji Trophy
Administrator:	BCCI
Cricket Format:	First-class cricket
Tournament Format:	League and knockout
Champions:	Mumbai
Count:	34
Participants:	27
Most Runs:	V. V. S. Laxman (Hyderabad) (1415)^[1]
Most Wickets:	Kanwaljit Singh (Hyderabad) (62)^[2]
Previous Year:	1998–99
Previous Tournament:	1998–99 Ranji Trophy
Next Year:	2000–01
Next Tournament:	2000–01 Ranji Trophy

The 1999–2000 Ranji Trophy was the 66th season of the Ranji Trophy. Mumbai defeated Hyderabad by 297 runs in the final. V. V. S. Laxman set new seasonal records of 1415 runs and eight hundreds. Kanwaljit Singh's 62 wickets is the second best for a season, after Bishan Bedi's 64 wickets in 1974-75. During the tournament, Rajeev Nayyar made the longest innings in first-class cricket, batting for 1,015 minutes for Himachal Pradesh against Jammu & Kashmir.^[3]

Scorecards and averages

• Ranji Trophy 1999-00 at BCCI
• Statistical highlights of Ranji Trophy 1999-2000 at ESPNcricinfo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ranji Trophy, 1999/00 / Records / Most runs . subscription . 25 July 2015.
2. Web site: Ranji Trophy, 1999/00 / Records / Most wickets . subscription . 25 July 2015.
3. Web site: Three cricketers go to prison . 3 November 2017 . ESPNcricinfo.